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Edward F. Redish

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Thinking Problems: General and Mathematics

Problem Name Multiple-Choice/Short Answer Multiple-Choice/Multiple Response Representation Translation Ranking Tasks Mechanism-Based Reasoning Problems Estimation Problems Qualitative Questions Essay Questions
G1. Feeding the Cougar (*)        
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G2. Big or Small (*)        
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X
   
G3. Velocity and Pace (*)    
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X
     
G4. Fuel Efficiency (*)    
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X
     
G5. Pizza Sale (*)      
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X
     
G6. Dollar and Penny (*)        
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G7. Finding a Mistake Using Dimensional Analysis (*)    
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G8. Scaling up (*)    
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X
     
G9. The Leaning Tower (*)        
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X
   
G10. Finding the right dose (*)    
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X
   
G11. Picking up the books (*)        
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X
   
G12. Byting the disk (*)        
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X
   
G13. Well-formed formulas (*)    
X
         
G14. Driving cross country (*)        
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X
   
G15. Building a physics building (*)        
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X
   
G16. How much pizza?        
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X
   
G17. Ping-pong ball packing(*)          
X
   
G18. Counting up the deficit (*)        
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X
 
X
G19. Birthdays (*)          
X
   
G20. Water for LA        
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X
   
G21. The satellite tower (*)          
X
   
G22. The five clocks (*)    
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X
 
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G23. Cherry blossom time (*)          
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X
 
G24. Errors in blood pressure measurements (*)        
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X
   
G25. Drifting continents (*)          
X
   
G26. Driving with taps (*)          
X
   
G27. What if the Greenland ice cap melts? (*)      
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X
     
G28. How much gasoline is in the food we eat?      
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X
     
G29. Accurate enough(*)          
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G30. Population growth: I(*)          
X
   
G31. Population growth: II(*)          
X
   
G32. Borg penguins          
X
   
G33. Measuring a dorm room        
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X
  
X
G34. Hyperinflation in Zimbabwe(*)        
X
      
G35. Paying more for gas        
X
      
G36. Can trees save the planet? (*)        
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X
    
G37. Converting to solar power          
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G38. Explaining fractions to the phone company (*)    
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X
X
G39. Flying Low            
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G40. How green is a Tesla Roadster?            
X
  
G41. A trillion dollars!          
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G42. Mechanism              
X
G43. Counting cubes (*)        
X
      
G44. Vector products              
X
G45. Carbon footprint (*)          
X
    

(*) Problems marked with an asterisk have web solutions available. Click on the asterisk to go to the solution. A password is required. Contact redish@umd.edu to get access.

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